I did believe passionately that the Federal Government ought to invest in a nationwide professional development program ...
I certainly did not.
It means the chances for a passage of a universal health care bill have just gone up. It means chances for getting energ...
But I must say, Anderson, this is on the eve of the 100th day for President Obama.
This is not a legislative committee. You're not authorizing money. You are consulting with the President--that's your so...
The simple solution to this problem would be for the President to honor the Constitution and seek the prior approval of ...
The 1973 War Powers Resolution is an imperfect solution. However, it does retain Congress's critical role in this decisi...
Mr. President, you must consult.
I would make the point, Senator Kerry, that many people would argue that the President could do, anyway, some of the thi...
Uncertainty over Congress's role in two successive wars--Korea and then Vietnam--led to the passage of the War Powers Re...
Under the Constitution, Congress has the power 'to declare war.' It is not ambiguous in any way.
The resolution, which today's witnesses recommend repealing, has been controversial ever since it was enacted over Presi...
The President is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, while Congress has the power to declare war.
If your goal is larger than that, in terms of nation-building and otherwise, that's a much more expensive and longer ter...
But, Colonel Bacevich has raised some very fundamental, larger questions that are almost bigger, in a sense, than your i...
Senator Kerry--to this very committee in 1971, you spoke of 'men who have returned with a sense of anger and a sense of ...
I strongly believe in the mission in Afghanistan, combined with our efforts in Pakistan, was and is the true front on th...
we are probably angriest about all that we were told about Vietnam and about the mystical war against communism.
